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Skins star Kaya Scodelario has shared a reunion image with some of her former co-stars.Taking to her Instagram stories on Tuesday (September 20), Scodelario posted a selfie with Nope star Daniel Kaluuya and Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie.In the image, Scodelario is seen poking her tongue out at the camera, while Kaluuya and Dempsie smile beside her.The actress didn’t caption the image, but judging by their surroundings, it appears the trio were attending a wedding.Scodelario, Kaluuya and Dempsie starred together in Skins as Effy Stonem, Posh Kenneth and Chris Miles, respectively. The hit Channel 4 teen drama ran for seven seasons between 2007 and 2013.Back in July, Scodelario took to TikTok to call Euphoria “crazy”, before remembering that Skins featured even more explicit material.“Watching Euphoria for the first time thinking this is crazy for 17 year olds then remembering what I was doing on TV at 14,” she wrote over the video of herself looking shocked.The added caption read: “Will always be greatful [sic].

Netflix series Toxic Town.Written by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials), the series follows a group of mothers who are fighting for justice after a link is discovered between toxic waste in the town and their children being born with defects.Jodie Whittaker and Aimee Lou Wood lead the cast, alongside Robert Carlyle, Rory Kinnear, Joe Dempsie, Brendan Coyle, Claudia Jessie and Lauren Lyle.Toxic Town is produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ production company Broke & Bones, with Minkie Spiro serving as director.Netflix has not announced any plans for a second season. The show was originally billed as a miniseries, so it’s highly unlikely a second season will be commissioned.The story of the Corby scandal was also concluded across the show’s four episodes, so there’s little reason for the show to continue unless it tackles another case entirely.The true story behind Toxic Town is often described as the English version of Erin Brockovich, a paralegal who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company in relation to water contamination in Hinkley, California.This case was covered in the 2000 biographical film Erin Brockovich with Julia Roberts in the lead role, who won an Oscar for her performance.As for other similar cases, 2019 film Dark Waters is a dramatised version of Robert Bilott’s case against the chemical manufacturing company DuPont.

Toxic Town.Based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case, the series follows three mothers in their pursuit of justice after a link is discovered between toxic waste in the town and their children being born with defects.Other cast members in the series include Robert Carlyle, Rory Kinnear, Michael Socha, Joe Dempsie, Brendan Coyle, Claudia Jessie, and Lauren Lyle.Toxic Town is written by Jack Thorne, whose previous credits include This Is England ’86, His Dark Materials, and 2021 film Help.The show’s score is by Sion Trefor, whose previous credits include acclaimed drama series Say Nothing and Creisis.The series features a wealth of popular songs spanning the 1990s and early 2000s, including tracks by Radiohead and Super Furry Animals. You can check out an episode-by-episode breakdown below.Episode one‘I Will Survive’ – Gloria Gaynor‘Setting Sun’ – The Chemical Brothers‘Just’ – Radiohead‘Something 4 The Weekend’ – Super Furry Animals‘You’re Gorgeous’ – BabybirdEpisode two‘5,6,7,8’ – Steps‘Lonely Soul’ – UNKLE feat. Richard AshcroftEpisode three‘Round Round’ – Sugababes ‘F.E.A.R.’ – Ian BrownEpisode four‘Fifteen Beers’ – Johnny Paycheck‘Bulletproof’ – La Roux‘High Hopes’ – Paolo Nutini

Naman Ramachandran Joe Dempsie (“Game of Thrones,” “Adult Material”) leads a wave of new additions to the cast of “Truckload,” winner of Primetime’s Empower Fund at Cannes 2024. Joining Dempsie are Adam Ali (“Waterloo Road,” “Little America”), Cathy Tyson (“Boiling Point,” “Criminal Record”) and Lara McDonnell (“Belfast,” “Artemis Fowl”). The project, starring Jodie Whittaker (“Doctor Who,” “Broadchurch”), aims to champion female and non-binary filmmakers.

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and BAFTA winner Francesca Annis (Fresh & Blood) are among a host of stars boarding season 2 of Ben Richards’ BBC legal drama Showtrial.

Euphoria executive producer Ron Leshem flew into Spain this week and recalled how Hollywood had initially turned down the HBO hit over concerns about teenage lead characters.

EXCLUSIVE: Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie has joined the cast of Jack Thorne’s Netflix series Toxic Town alongside Michael Socha (The Gallows Pole) and Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones).

Fans of hit teen drama Skins have gone wild over a number of the original cast reuniting for lunch this month. Nicholas Hoult, Kaya Scodelario, Joe Dempsie, and Larissa Wilson all reunited for a lunchtime get-together 15 years after the first season of the show aired. The often-controversial teen drama ran from 2007 to 2013 and followed the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol - the show tackled issues from mental illness, to eating disorders, to substance abuse.The first generation of the show, in particular, is one of the most notable, and the group of stars reuniting will certainly have caused some serious nostalgia from the show's fans.

Game of Thrones sequel series focusing on Jon Snow is officially in the works.Kit Harington is set to reprise his role as the beloved character from the HBO show, in the show which is currently in the early stages of development.No plot details have been revealed at the time of writing, but the new project suggests Snow’s fate since discovering his true name was Aegon Targaryen could be upended.HBO and Harington’s representatives declined to comment on the new project. This story will be updated accordingly.In other Game of Thrones news, Maisie Williams recently revealed she thought Arya Stark was queer until she filmed a sex scene with Joe Dempsie’s Gendry in season eight.Speaking to Teen Vogue Williams said: “The first time that I was surprised by Arya I guess was probably in the final series where she whips off her clothes and sleeps with Gendry.“I thought that Arya was queer, you know? So… yeah.

EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming HBO and Channel 4 drama Get Millie Black has set The Long Song’s Tamara Lawrance as lead. With shooting beginning this week in Jamaica, the six-part detective drama has also rounded out its cast with Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie joining and Tanya Hamilton set to direct.

Pieces Of Her is the latest Netflix thriller series propelled by a top-tier cast and compelling mystery.The eight-episode series follows Andy Oliver (Bella Heathcote) as she tries to unravel the past of her mother Laura (Toni Collette), who is thrown into the public eye after violently eliminating a threat during a deadly mass shooting at a local diner.At the outset, Laura is a speech therapist and breast cancer survivor, but as Andy discovers in the finale, her mother is hiding a whole other life.Laura Oliver is actually Jane Queller, the daughter of a pharmaceutical mogul Martin Queller who has been in witness protection with Andy for over 30 years.Laura/Jane’s father was shot dead onstage at the 1988 International Economic Forum in Oslo, Norway, following an attack by extremist group Army For The Changing World, led by Nick Harly (young version played by Joe Dempsie) aka Andy’s father.After giving evidence against Nick, Laura/Jane was placed into witness protection and given a new identity (aka Laura Oliver) before her daughter was born.Laura/Jane, however, is fearful of Nick tracking her down because he knows her secret – that she secretly helped to orchestrate the attack against her father, along with her brother Andy, with the Army For The Changing World.For the attack, the group kidnapped Alexandra Maplecroft, who was set to debate her father Martin at the Oslo conference. They replaced her with Grace Juno on the panel, who was supposed to throw a pack of red dye at him in a symbolic stunt against the corporation.Grace, however, pulls out a gun and shoots Martin dead instead before killing herself.